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“A man is born upon the banks of the Indus,
where there is none to tell of Christ
And no one to read or write about him;
And all his inclination and his actions,
As far as human reason sees, are good;
He is without sin in word or deed.
He dies unbaptised and without faith:
Where is the justice in condemning him?
Is it his fault, if he does not believe?”
― The Divine Comedy: Dante Alighieri
where there is none to tell of Christ
And no one to read or write about him;
And all his inclination and his actions,
As far as human reason sees, are good;
He is without sin in word or deed.
He dies unbaptised and without faith:
Where is the justice in condemning him?
Is it his fault, if he does not believe?”
― The Divine Comedy: Dante Alighieri
“Belittling others is no pastime for those convinced of their own standing. There is terror behind haughtiness. It takes a punishing impression of our own inferiority to leave others feeling that they aren’t good enough for us.”
― Status Anxiety
― Status Anxiety
“What kind of persons writes fiction about the past?"
- "The kind of person for whom one lifetime is not enough."
- Hilary Mantel”
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- "The kind of person for whom one lifetime is not enough."
- Hilary Mantel”
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“Science should matter to us not only because it helps us to control parts of the world, but also because is shows us things that we will -never- master. [...] Nightly - perhaps after the main news
bulletin and before the celebrity quiz - we might observe a moment of silence in order to contemplate the 200 to 400 billion stars in our galaxies and the 3 septillion stars in the universe. [...] majestically unaware of everything we are and consolingly unaffected by all that tears us apart.”
― Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
bulletin and before the celebrity quiz - we might observe a moment of silence in order to contemplate the 200 to 400 billion stars in our galaxies and the 3 septillion stars in the universe. [...] majestically unaware of everything we are and consolingly unaffected by all that tears us apart.”
― Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
“Anyone who doesn't laugh has something on their conscience, you can be sure of that.
- from: 'The Twelve Brothers”
― Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales
- from: 'The Twelve Brothers”
― Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales
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